The Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony, which is due to begin at Celtic Park at 8pm on Wednesday, will feature 6,500 athletes from 70 nations that will be introduced to a potential global audience of 1.5 billion .

The 2014 FIFA World Cup which is going on in Brasil has seen a lot of surprises and one of which apparently is the semi-final match between hosts Brasil and Germany. Die Mannschaft (the Team) as they are nicknamed, the latter trashed the former by 7 goals to 1.